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Acuitus ends year with 90% success rate for 2019

The sixth and final Acuitus commercial property auction of 2019 raised £21.21m and saw the firm’s average success rate by value for the year rise to 90%. The average value...

Property funds and the liquidity problem

The suspension of the M&G Property Portfolio Fund coincided almost to the day with the publication of a viewpoint by Richard Auterac on how open-ended funds could address liquidity issues. To...

Development opportunities feature in December auction

Properties with scope for development feature in the catalogue for the Acuitus auction on December 11th. Two vacant freehold office buildings in Manchester’s Green Quarter with potential for redevelopment are...

Retail parades get investor attention

Charlie Powter looks at the growing appeal to investors of retail parades and the asset management opportunities they provide. On the face of it, parades of local shops in secondary...

Investors eye alternatives as sale raises £34m

The trend for investors continuing to be active in the real estate market notwithstanding political uncertainty was emphatically borne out at the Acuitus October auction when 82% of the lots sold...

A Brexit ‘blessing’ for property investment?

Acuitus Chairman, Richard Auterac, writes in the Property Chronicle about a possible upside to the resolution of Brexit here

Seminar highlights long-term performance

The latest Acuitus/MSCI Investment seminar highlighted property’s long-term performance against other investment media and also the high level of finance which is available to back auction purchases. MSCI’s Luke Pakes...

Investors buy brands as July sale £33.81m

Investors targeted properties occupied by some well-known business brands as Acuitus’s July auction saw the sale of £33.81m of assets and a success rate of 86%. Three trade counter investments...

Oil well among July auction lots

The catalogue for ourJuly auction features 62 lots with guide prices ranging from £40,000 to £2.1m. The sale will include a variety of properties spanning retail, office, industrial, ground rent...

Sustained buying as May auction raises £27.89m

Sustained buying by private property companies and high net-worth individuals saw Acuitus sell 80% of the lots at its May auction and raise £27.89m. Auctioneer, Richard Auterac, commented: “There’s a...

Large lots feature in May auction

The catalogue for the Acuitus commercial property auction on May 23rd features 10 properties with guide prices of £1m or more. The sale will offer a total of 51 properties...

Buyers look beyond politics as April auction raises £28m

The April Acuitus commercial property auction raised £28m from the sale of 79% of the lots offered as buyers looked beyond the political deadlock surrounding the UK’s exit from the...

Investment seminar focuses on retail and finance

The latest Acuitus/MSCI Investment seminar reflected on how the retail sector – which drives a high proportion of auction room sales – is faring. MSCI’s Luke Pakes reported on the...

Strict investment criteria shapes first auction of 2019

Acuitus got off to a quick start to the year with its first auction selling 23 properties and raising £17.3m in front of a busy and vibrant room of buyers....

cPAD shows how retail dominated 2018

The latest Commercial Property Auction Data (cPAD) Market Flash shows  that in 2018 retail assets comprised their highest proportion of all sales since the start of the cPad series. The...